Brake-shoe.



PATENTED AER. 9, 1907. G. W, BOOTH.

BRAKE SHOE.

MPLIGATXQN 'FILED JUL' CHARLES W. BOOTH, OF MILWAUKEE, WSCGNSIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 9, 19o?.

Application filed June 19, lQO. Soviel No. 265.854.

To (LZZ whom, it may eoncern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES WEBSTER Boorn, a, e1t1zen of the United States, and n v resident of Milwaukee, in the county or' .\lilpieces ol"` s'eicl shoe from falling in ense the Ody portion of the shoe should brezil; in

A :further object of the invention is to provide means to reinforce. or strengthen the at mailing-lug of e cestnnetal shoe, )artieuhnly in sonnet-,tion With the malleable tie-plate, while ntr the sinne time retaining the full streneth of the enst connection between said attac -,ng-lug and the body portion of the shoe.

To effect these ends, a brake-shoe of my invention consists of the various features, combinations of features, und details of construetion hereinafter described und claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, in which n brake-shoe of my invention is fnllv illustrated, Figure 1 is n plan view of the boe-k ot" n tie-plate ada ted to ell'eet the objects of my invention, the ody portion of the shoe. being indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is n seetional View 0f a brake-shoe of my invention dn the line 2 2 of Fig. t. Fig. is n view similnr to Fig. 2 of n modified form ol" broke-shoe of my invention, ond Fig. -t is n. sectional View on the lino 4 4 ol`l"ig.,2.

Referring now to the drnwings, l designates the body portion ot' the shoe, nnd '.2 tho nttncbingdug thereof, snid munching-lug being formed integral with the hody portion of snid shoe und being provided with the usunl keywoy or opening 3.

Secured in the bnclv' ol the shoe is n plntc l, ol' nnlllenhle. nie-titl, prel'ernbijr shcct-steel ol' suitnblo thickness --sny, one-eighth ol' nu iuchav tho edges ol' which nre notched, ns shown nt 5, forming prongs o r proiections t3 nlA the edges ol' snid plntts connected by relntively unrrow internndintc portions T.

ln order than. the body portion l ol' the shoe and the plnte 4 may be securely tied together transversely, the nnrrow portions 7 of said plate nre entirely embedded in the body portion of the shoe, either b v embedding the entire pitite in the body ol` the shoe, :is shown in Fig. 2, or by depressing the. relatively norrow portions 7 of said phite nud disposing said. pitite so that snid nnrrow portions will be embedded, leaving the nongs or projections flush with the boei oi the shoe, es shown in F ig. 3.

With the described construction itis obvious that the body portion of the shoenud the phite l will be securely tied together iu ull directions, tht` prongs or projections ti opernting to prevean pieces of thc shoe pulling ofl` from thel plnte in cose snid shoe brenks transversely, while the body oi the shoe will be prevented vfrom scaling ollI from sind phtte by the ties or connections which connect the some across the boch ol the phtte Ll und pnrticnlnrly ol' the relatively nan-row portions T thereof.

The nttnchiug-lug 2 is reinforced b v means of n. skeleton plnte S oll suitnble untllcnble metnl, the lower ends or edges of which nre. embedded in the body portion'ol' the Sho'o nud the intermediate portion thereol in snid' nttncbing-lug nud which comprises integral lnterol webs lt) nud n trnusverse web 11,

which connects sti-id lnternl webs l0 outsidA of the keywny or opening 3 in the nttnchinglug, leaving holes or openings 12 in said plate 8 in substantial register with the-l ey way or openingll, but considernbly hl rgcr thun snid keywny or opening, whereby the costbody portion und nt tnchiug-lug ol' the shoe on opposite sides of snid plate S will be securely tied together by menus ol' iutcgrnl enst connections. lly this construction it is obvious that the pinto S will operntc to grently strengthen the nttnching-lug, bile' nt tho sinne time lenving the cust connection between snid nttnching-lug :1nd the body portion of the shot` prncticnlly uuiinpnired.

ln tht` prefernble construction shown the reinloreiug-plntcs l :1nd S :ire formed integrnl with ench other, the plnte S being formed by striking up the ccutrnl portion o the 'blnuk into desired sbnpe. lt is obvious, however. tbn( titbcr ol' snid plntcs muy be used scpnrntcly nud itulcpclnlcutly ol' the other, ill lor :tn v rensou desired.

l clnim ns tn v invention l. brnhc-shoc comprising n cnst bodi, portion nud :t tic-ph1tc sccurcd in the bncli iid 

